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(Eagle News) — Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Tuesday, Dec. 4, urged the military to back up its recommendation to extend martial law in Mindanao for a third time with “hard and justifiable facts,” even as he expressed fears about such an extension in the first place. In a statement, Pangilinan said prolonging martial law in Mindanao for a third time could “affect the campaigning of opposition candidates and those not allied with the administration.” He added […]
(Eagle News) — It’s a “blatant lie.” This was how Interior Secretary Eduardo Año described on Tuesday, Dec. 4, former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo’s claim that Communist rebels were not recruiting minors as fighters. According to Año, such a practice “has been going on for decades.” He noted the police, for instance, has filed five cases against Communist rebels for doing the same this year; in 2017, five cases were filed; and in 2016, three cases […]
(Eagle News) — Edsa has a new traffic czar. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority General Manager Jojo Garcia named Bong Nebrija to the post to help ease vehicular congestion in one of Metro Manila’s major thoroughfares. Prior to his new assignment, Nebrija was head of the MMDA’s Task Force for Special Operations. As chief of that unit, Nebrija had been actively going around the metropolis to clamp down on vendors illegally selling on sidewalks and on illegally parked […]
(Eagle News) — Heavy rainshowers are expected in some parts of the country today, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Tuesday, Dec. 4. In its 9:20 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said apart from the heavy rainshowers, lightning and strong winds were expected in Bataan, Zambales, Laguna, Pampanga, Cavite and Tarlac within the next two hours. Angat, Norzagaray, San Jose del Monte, San Miguel, San Ildefonso and Dona Remedios in Bulacan; General Nakar in […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, Dec. 3, distanced itself from Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., who called the filing of human trafficking charges against Satur Ocampo “idiotic.” According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the Palace views Locsin’s comment as “a personal sentiment given the fact that he and former Congressman Satur Ocampo are friends and were both together in (the House of Representatives).” Ocampo and Locsin were members of the House of Representatives […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court administrator Midas Marquez has been named spokesperson of the High Court anew. Newly appointed Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin said that while he was “still looking for somebody whom I would like to sit in that position,” Marquez, who is vying for an associate justice post in the SC, can hold the post at present as the Chief Justice has known him for quite some time already. “I think he can help me […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Monday, Dec. 3, said no charges would be recommended against former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña in connection with the entry of shabu in the country allegedly via magnetic lifters. According to Gordon, the blue ribbon committee which he chairs, however, would recommend charges against sacked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Director Ismael Fajardo and dismissed Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto. “Lack of commitment to the job, that makes the criminal […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte backed the arrest of former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, Rep France Castro and several others, saying the “police did the right thing…” “You know an ordinary person, lalo na kung senador ka, you must be aware that you cannot remove children from one community to another without the consent of the parents..That is actually kidnapping,” Duterte said. According to the President, “they might have been motivated by all […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wakes of businessmen Dominic Sytin and George Ty on Sunday, Dec .2. Sytin, founder and chief executive officer of United Auctioneers Inc. based in Subic, was shot dead by a lone gunman on Nov. 28. Ty, founding chairman of Metrobank, died after months of battling pancreatic cancer on Nov. 23.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Dec. 3, said he had yet to decide on whether to extend martial law in Mindanao for a third time. Duterte told reporters this would depend on the recommendation made by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police. Earlier, outgoing AFP Chief of Staff Carlito Galvez Jr. said they would recommend another extension, noting what he said was the public clamor for the same. He […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Dec. 3, gave the assurance he would not pardon the three policemen convicted of killing Kian delos Santos. “No. Of course not. Maybe one million years from now,” Duterte said. According to Duterte, he would only come to the defense of policemen who may be considered to have committed criminal acts but in the performance of their duties. On Nov. 29, the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court Branch 125 […]
Says provisional rollback applies to NCR, Regions III and IV (Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has ordered a provisional rollback in the minimum jeepney fare to P9. The LTFRB said in its three-page resolution the provisional rollback applied to the National Capital Region and Regions III and IV. The resolution was signed by LTFRB chair Martin Delgra, board member Ronaldo Corpus and attested to by executive director Samuel Jardin. According to the […]
